Cepheids in NGC 300

Some of the Cepheid type stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 300 (at the centre of the markers), as they were identified by Wolfgang Gieren and collaborators during the research programme for which the WFI images of NGC 300 were first obtained. In this area of NGC 300, there is also a huge cloud of ionized hydrogen (a "HII shell"). It measures about 2,000 light-years in diameter, thus dwarfing even the enormous Tarantula Nebula in the LMC.

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ID:eso0221b
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:7 augusti 2002
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso0221
Storlek:1258 x 968 px

Om objektet

Namn:NGC 300
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Avstånd:6 miljon ljusår
Constellation:Sculptor
Kategori:Galaxies
Nebulae

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Position (RA):0 54 19.18
Position (Dec):-37° 35' 3.71"
Field of view:4.98 x 3.84 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord är 0.1° vänster om lodrätt

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WFI
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